AWESOME IN ASSEN
Young New Zealand rider Daniel Mettam finished runner-up at the first round of the 2011 European Junior Cup in Assen, in the Netherlands, at the weekend.
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KIWI STORM HITS USA
From one kind of tornado to another, the East Coast of the United States was also hit by a Kiwi storm this week.
Continue reading →TAKING ON THE WORLD
It’s time for multi-time New Zealand champion Darryll King to take on the world again.
Continue reading →CHECA MAKES IT WIN No.4
A delayed start to the second Assen race made no difference to the outcome, as Carlos Checa and Max Biaggi played a high-speed game of cat-and-mouse at round three of the Superbike World Championships at the weekend.
Continue reading →MIXED RESULTS FOR KIWIS
It was a tough day for the Kiwis in action at round three of the British Motocross Championships at Lyng today.
Continue reading →DICKEY GOES TWO FROM TWO
Everything is falling nicely into place for Kawasaki ace Jason Dickey.
Continue reading →IT’S STEWART AGAIN
More than 52,000 screaming fans howled their approval as Yamaha’s James Stewart made it two wins in a row by winning the 15th round of the AMA Supercross Championships at Seattle’s Qwest Field on Saturday night.
Continue reading →REEVES IN CHARGE
Palmerston North’s Adam Reeves is back in the driving seat after the second of four rounds in this season’s New Zealand Cross-Country Championships in Hawke’s Bay at the weekend.
Continue reading →ERIC’S ON THE WAY UP
It probably comes as no surprise that security is a very big deal to Canterbury Armourguard dispatcher Eric Oliver-Maxwell.
Continue reading →ROCZEN ON REFLECTION
Red Bull KTM Factory rider Ken Roczen showed last weekend that he is going to be tough to beat in the 2011 FIM World MX2 Championship after running away with the opening round of the series last weekend in Sevlievo, … Continue reading →
CHAMPS WIDE OPEN
With round one winner Rory Mead indicating he won’t be able to finish the fight he’s started, the New Zealand Cross-country Championships title chase takes on special significance at round two near Waipukurau this Saturday afternoon.
Continue reading →BATTLE WITH ILLNESS OVER
Well-known, well-liked and greatly-respected Australian motocross rider, coach and journalist Paul Broomfield has died.
Continue reading →CARS, BIKES FOR CANTERBURY
This Saturday, April 16, Claudelands in Hamilton will be swarming with drag race cars and bikes along with cars and bikes from speedway, track racing, off-road, classic and custom cars and bikes.
Continue reading →PAUL IN SIXTH SPOT
It was a philosophical Paul Whibley who reported in at the end of the day’s racing at round four of the Grand National Cross-Country Championships (GNCC) in the United States at the weekend.
Continue reading →LIGHTNING FAST
Monster Energy Yamaha Factory rider Steven Frossard shocked the motocross world last weekend as he nearly pulled of a victory in his first ever World MX1 Championship race.
Continue reading →A WINNING RETURN
It was a winning return to the race track for Rotorua motocross ace Scott Canham on Friday.
Continue reading →NO WAY IN HELL
Auckland’s Mike Skinner has won the second annual No Way In Hell Extreme Enduro event, held at Oparau at the weekend.
Continue reading →MOTOCROSS GP ON SCREEN
Can’t make it to the Netherlands, the United States or Brazil this year? Why not sit back and watch the motocross world championships live from your office or lounge?
Continue reading →DESALLE AND ROCZEN
Belgium’s Clement Desalle and Germany’s Ken Roczen became the first red plate holders of the 2011 Motocross Grand Prix season in Sevlievo, Bulgaria, at the weekend.
Continue reading →COPPINS TAKES OVER LEAD
New Zealand’s Josh Coppins is a fast mover — from seventh overall after the opening round to first position after three rounds of the Australian Motocross Championships today.
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